Folding table



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Patented Dec. 29, 1925.

PATENT OFFICE.

HAROLD R. BASFORD, OF SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA.

FOLDING TABLE.

Application filed February 13, 1922.

T all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HAROLD R. BASFORD,

a citizen of the United States, residing at San Francisco, in the county of San Francisco, State of California, have invented a new and useful Folding Table, of which the following is a specification in such full and clear terms as will enable those skilled in the art to construct and use the same.

This invention relates to a folding table intended primarily for camping purposes although it may be used merely as a folding card table or for any other purpose where a folding table may be desirable.

An object of the invention is to provide each leg and side rail with a hinge capable of stifiening the set up table in such a man nor as to require only one brace for each leg and side rail so as to hold them both securely.

Another object of the invention is to so arrange the pivotal movements of the legs and side rails as to prevent the pivoted parts from readily moving with respect to the portion of the table top to which they are secured, thereby making the folded package more convenient to handle both in setting up the table and in packing it for transportation.

Another object of the invention is to so arrange the side rails as to make all ends interchangeable, thereby eliminating the necessity of making two kinds of ends.

Other objects of the invention will appear as the description proceeds.

An embodiment of the invention is shown in the accompanying drawings in which the same reference numeral is applied to the same portion throughout, but I am aware that there may be modifications thereof.

7 Fig. 1 is a perspective view of the table set Serial No. 536,338.

Fig. 8 1s a side elevation of one of the end members of the table, showing one of the legsin the process of being opened.

Fig. 9 IS a perspective view of one of the end members of the table showing one le and slde rail fully opened, and showin th other leg with its side rail open. b

The table has four legs 1 to l inclusive which are hinged in pairs to the two end boards 5 and 6 of the table top. The ren'iainder of the top consists of three boards 7, 8, 9 as shown in Figure 1 if a short table 1s desired, or may have its rails long enough to take additional boards 10 and 11 as shown in Figure 2 if a longer table is desired. Each leg is provided with a pair of yoiuted lock braces 12 to 15 inclusive.

At the top of each leg there are two L- shaped plates 16, 17 secured on opposite sides of the legs by means of three rivets 18 to 20 inclusive. The plate 16 has a hinge member 21 secured thereto which is in turn secured to the under side of the table top end by means of three large head rivets, the object being to give the greatest strength to the connection between the top end and the hinge member 21.

The side rails are of two lengths, a short rail 22 and a long rail 23 and are pivotally secured between the two plates 16 and 17 by means of a rivet 24, the axis of which is at right angles to the axis of the hinge 21.

Each long side rail has a channel plate 25 at its end slotted at 26 to receive a bolt 27 passing through the .end of the short side rail. This channel receives the end of the short rail and when the bolt is passed through the slot the two rails are secured together by means of the wing nut 28.

\Vhen the table is to be set up the longer rail is swung out in the direction of the arrow A ninety degrees, see Fig. 5, whereupon the adjacent leg may be pivotally swung ninety degrees until the braces lock the leg up. hen the first leg has been set up the shorter rail can be swung ninety degrees in the direction of the arrow B and when completely trrned the adjacent leg may be turned up to the position shown in Figure 4:.

hen the legs and side rails are folded up as shown in Figure 5 only the longer side rail can move and its joint is tight enough to prevent it from freely moving away when the folded up legs and side rails are carelessly picked up.

What I claim is as follows, but various modifications may be made in the construction shown in the drawings and above particularly described form, within the purview of my invention:

1. In a folding table a top member, a leg, an L shaped hinge secured to said leg and to the under-side of said top member, a top supporting side rail pivotally connected to the leg member to turn to a position parallel to the length of the leg when the latter is folded, and having an extension on both sides of the 'L shaped hinge member whereby the leg cannot be moved away from the top member when the side member is folded against the leg, and a locking brace for preventing the leg from collapsing when it is unfolded.

2.' A folding table comprising a top member, a pair of legs pivotally connected there with to lie side by side against the top memher when folded, a side rail pivot-ally connected'to each leg to move in a plane at right angles in a pivotal movement of the legs to lie adjacent said top members when folded against the top member or to lie at right angles thereto when the legs are unfolded, each of said side rails being pivoted to their respective legs at an intermediate point whereby when the side rails are folded against the top member they will prevent the unfolding of the legs.

In a folding table, a top member, a pair of legs hinged thereto, a top supporting side rail pivotally connected to the top of each leg out of line with the longitudinal center line of each leg and at an intermediate point of the length of said rail, whereby when the legs and side rails are folded against the top member the side rails will prevent the legs from turning, braces to hold the legs extended, and means to connect two such members together for the support of both ends of atable.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto 'set my hand this 2nd day of February A. D.

HAROLD BASFORD. 

